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Thunderball · draw

Saturday, 20 January 2018

ResultThunderball

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 15
  3. 16
  4. 34
  5. 35
  6. 3

Jackpot£500,000

The crowdHeld 13% less than an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/39 + 1/14 · since Jan 2010draw 1,243 of 3,062 under them

← 2018-01-19All recent draws2018-01-24 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:38 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed5 15 16 34 35 + 329 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 January 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

56oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 56 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 63% of every possible ticket.

  • sum58th
  • odd64th
  • low64th
  • widest gap84th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread65th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 159 of each

5152times
15160times
16164times
34152times
35

Prize breakdown · 2018-01-20

  • Lines in play≈ 2.6Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.1Mto 197k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.32

Where the money went

  • Match 319%£203.1K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball32%£346.5K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball25%£265.7K
  • 5 other tiers25%£268.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.32 by chance

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135times
Stars · a separate 1-of-14 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 89 of each

3101times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,242 draws, and they scatter around it. Warm means more than expected, cool means fewer — and a cold number arriving is exactly what cold numbers do.

Frequency Explorer →

Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 5 numbers (15, 16, 35) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 30 June 2017 — its closest relative in 1,242 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 January 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

105

The numbers add up to 105 — the 57th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 15–16, 34–35. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

5 had not appeared for 31 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →

How many people held it

A line like this is played about 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 3% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£500,000
  • Match 51≈ 4.1 by chance£5,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball34≈ 54 by chance£250
  • Match 4582≈ 703 by chance£100
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,465≈ 1.8k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball16,747≈ 19k by chance£10.00
  • Match 320,305≈ 23k by chance£10.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball69,300≈ 74k by chance£5.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball88,564≈ 89k by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.6M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 1,465 winners, 18% fewer than the 1.8k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little less popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball88,564£3.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball69,300£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball16,747£10.00
    Match 320,305£10.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,465£20.00
    Match 4582£100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball34£250
    Match 51£5,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£500,000